Community stories

It’s official. A community and faith based medical rescue service with a small footprint and mostly staffed with volunteers has just won South Africa’s first EMS Angels Diamond Award.

“Measure and improve” has become the motto in the emergency department at Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital where winning a diamond award in recognition of their stroke care excellence is only the beginning.

At the annual FAST Heroes Summit held in Krákow, Poland, Ms Wendy Freitas of Loreto School Queenswood was named joint winner of the Amazing Teacher Award. Her story, which she shares with us here, is a tale of two amazing teachers as she pays tribute to the teacher who inspired her to make a difference in young lives.

Maria Sheverdina, a seasoned consultant in Croatia, North Macedonia and Ukraine, and Susana Granados, a new consultant in Spain, met and exchanged notes at ESOC 2024 in Basel, Switzerland. Watch to see what advice Maria had for Spain's "baby Angel".

Dimitar Hadzhivalchev and Elica Hadzhivalcheva are the indisputable superheroes of the FAST Heroes campaign in Bulgaria, deploying their time, talents and teamwork in a bold strategy with a 100 percent hit rate. But at the heart of their success lies a love story for the ages.

Next in our series of Consultants in Conversation at ESOC, new consultant Marta Jędrzejewska from Poland and Elisa Salvati from Italy talk about the art of persuasion, turning challenges into opportunities, what making a difference feels like, and the importance of asking for advice.